In wealth poverty and politics thomas sowell one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in this country argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in americapundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality the . In wealth poverty and politics thomas sowell one of the foremost conservative public intellectuals in the country argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in america pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality the production of wealth we cannot properly understand inequality if we focus exclusively on the . In wealth poverty and politics thomas sowell delves into the multifarious geographic cultural social and political reasons why vast differences across people in virtually every area are to be expected particularly in their potential for production for others which creates income and wealth then with careful attention to logic and a far wider range of evidence than typically considered he develops an overwhelming case against certain commonly held premises that misinform us in . Wealth poverty and politics an international perspective is yet another book by thomas sowell which i can add to my personal hoard of great books the most important lesson i took from the book is that wealth equality or other measures of prosperity of a nation should never be considered the default assuming that poverty or inequality are something sinister and something that should be explained goes against the fact they were the natural state for most of humanitys history . Wealth poverty and politics an international perspective free thoughts e159 nov 4th 2016 thomas sowell joins us for a discussion about disparities of income and wealth between and within nations download episode subscribe apple podcasts google podcasts spotify youtube rss hosts aaron ross powell director and editor trevor burrus research fellow constitutional studies guests thomas